The Die Has Been Cast: Pentium 4/2533 vs. Athlon XP 2100+

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Intel Hardware (Socket 478)
Processors 1133 MHz FSB - 533 MHz Memory Clock Pentium 4A 2.5 GHz (2533 MHz)Pentium 4A 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz)
Processors 2100 MHz FSB - 400 MHz Memory Clock Pentium 4 2.4 GHz (2400 MHz)Pentium 4 2.2 GHz (2200 MHz)Pentium 4A 2.0 GHz (2000 MHz)Pentium 4A 1.8 GHz (1800 MHz)Pentium 4A 1.6 GHz (1600 MHz)Pentium 4 2.0 GHz (2000 MHz)Pentium 4 1.9 GHz (1900 MHz)Pentium 4 1.8 GHz (1800 MHz)Pentium 4 1.7 GHz (1700 MHz)Pentium 4 1.6 GHz (1600 MHz)Pentium 4 1.5 GHz (1500 MHz)Pentium 4 1.4 GHz (1400 MHz)
Motherboard 1 ABIT TH7II (I850) Revision: 1.0 Bios: TH7H_38
Motherboard 2 Asus P4T533-C (I850E) Revision: Bios: 1001 BETA 007
Memory 1 2x 256 MB RDRAM, PC800, 533 MHz, 40ns, Infineon
Memory 2 4x 128 MB RDRAM, PC1066, 400 MHz, 35ns, Samsung
AMD Hardware (Socket 462)
Processors 1133 MHz FSB - 166 MHz Memory Clock Athlon XP 2100+ (1733 MHz)Athlon XP 2000+ (1666 MHz)Athlon XP 1900+ (1600 MHz)Athlon XP 1800+ (1533 MHz)Athlon XP 1700+ (1466 MHz)Athlon XP 1600+ (1400 MHz)Athlon XP 1500+ (1333 MHz)Athlon 1400 (1400 MHz)
Processors 2100 MHz FSB - 133 MHz Memory Clock Athlon 850 (850/100/133 MHz)
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-7VRXP Revision: 1.1 Bios: M5
Memory 512 MB DDR-SDRAM, CL2.0, 166 MHz, PC2700, Winbond
Common Hardware
Graphics Card GeForce 3 Ti 500 (MSI MS-8854)Memory: 64 MB DDR-SDRAMMemory Clock: 500 MHzChiptakt: 240 MHz
Hard Disk 40 GB, 5T040H4, MaxtorUDMA100 7200 rpm 2 MB Cache
Drivers & Software
Graphics Driver Detonator 4 Serie V28.32
VIA KT333A Driver 4 in 1 Version: 4.38(2)v(a)
DirectX Version 8.1
Intel 850E Driver V 4.00.1009
Intel 850 Driver V 3.20.1008
Intel IAA Driver V 2.0
OS Windows XP, Build 2600 (English)
Benchmarks & Settings
Quake III Arena Retail Version 1.16command line = +set cd_nocd 1 +set s_initsound 0Graphics detail set to 'Normal'Benchmark using 'Q3DEMO1'
3DMark2000 Pro Version 1.1 Build 340 - default Benchmark
3DMark2001 Pro Build 200 - default Benchmark
PCMark2002 Pro only CPU and Memory Bench (no Video Memory)
SiSoft Sandra 2001 Professional Version 2001.3.7.50
Newtek Lightwave Version 7bRendering Bench SKULL_HEAD_NEWEST.LWS
mpeg4 encoding Xmpeg 4.5DivX 5.01 Pro (YV12)Compression/quality: SlowestData Rate: 780 kbitFormat: 720x576 Pixel@25 fps150 MB VOB-Datei, no Audio
Studio 7 Version 7.31.6 (MPEG 2)
Sysmark 2002 no Patch
Lame Lame 3.91 MMX, SSE, SSE 2, 3DNow!
WinACE 2.11, 178 MB Wave-Datei, Best compression,Dictonary 4096 kB
Cinema 4D XL R7 Version V7.303 Rendering: 1024x768
3D Studio Max Version 4.2Rendering of the "Rabbit" scene800x600 10 Frames